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| Date: | 1851 |
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| Description: | Plat map of the Town of Madison (Township 7N, Range 9E), from Volume 4, Federal Survey Plat Books. |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of Madison landscape as seen from University Hill. The main street in the center is State Street, and the building with Greek columns in the... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of view overlooking Madison. The sketch looks down North Hamilton Street from the capitol. Rutted, irregular streets and frame houses mark ... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across valley toward a streetcar viaduct on the Waukesha Interurban Line, near Milwaukee. Caption reads: "Street Car Bridge on Waukesha Inter... |
| Date: | 1840 |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn plat map of Mineral Point, Wisconsin showing street layout and location of buildings. |
| Date: | 08 24 1876 |
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| Description: | Hand-drawn plan of the battleground of Huycks. |
| Date: | 03 26 1876 |
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| Description: | Hand-drawn map showing the place of Hook's defeat in York County in South Carolina. |
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| Description: | View of the Cliff House on the lake, with pine trees surrounding the property, and a cliff behind the building. |
| Date: | 08 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of a lake shoreline. A few trees frame the arc of the shore and steamboats are visible along the distant shore. |
| Date: | 08 1852 |
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| Description: | Pencil drawing of Milwaukee Harbor with large sailboats on the water. In the minimalist depiction the sandy shoreline with short plant growth sweeps aroun... |
| Date: | 05 17 1849 |
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| Description: | The Mill in Nodaway, Missouri; Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail... |
| Date: | 05 17 1849 |
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| Description: | Nodaway, Missouri; Sketched by Wilkins on his 151-day journey from Missouri to California on the Overland Trail (also known as the Oregon Trail). Wilkins d... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | An image from a sketchbook of the town of Iowa Falls. There is a fence in the foreground and buildings in the background. |
| Date: | 08 10 1862 |
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| Description: | A hand-drawn map of the Battle of Wilson's Creek, Springfield, Missouri. Other notes and locations include: "Lyon was killed instantly while heading his tr... |
| Date: | 07 01 1836 |
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| Description: | Original plat map of the town of Madison on the four lakes. |
| Date: | 1830 |
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| Description: | Fort Winnebago from an original drawing by Jefferson Davis. |
| Date: | 1820 |
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| Description: | A manuscript map of Prairie du Chien. |
| Date: | 06 28 1958 |
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| Description: | Official plat map drawn in ink and watercolor, T. 15 N, R. 11 E. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Poem and drawing of the Walker Castle, entitled "The Deserted Castle." |
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